Far from Men (2014)
- Original title
- Loin des hommes
- Directed by
- David Oelhoffen
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 190 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Algeria in the 1950s. A reclusive teacher is ordered to escort an Algerian man accused of murder to the French authorities. As war breaks out around them, the two must travel together through a harsh landscape.
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What happens
Far from Men (French: Loin des hommes) is a 2014 French period drama film directed by David Oelhoffen, starring Viggo Mortensen and Reda Kateb, based on Albert Camus' short story "The Guest", from his 1957 Exile and the Kingdom collection. Set in French Colonial Algeria, the narrative follows Daru, a reclusive, pacifist pied-noir teacher and war veteran (Mortensen), tasked with delivering Mohammad, a docile Algerian murder suspect (Kateb), into the hands of French authorities as the Algerian War of Independence ignites. Far from Men was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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